Search results for "Theosis" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in God's saving work through theosis; becoming holy by grace. Therefore, in Eastern Orthodoxy, theosis never concerns becoming like ...8 KB (1,166 words) - 17:24, 5 October 2022
- Unknown. He called this divinizing process "theosis" or “vision of light.” However, he also emphasized that mystical experiences ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- Adam and Eve, they are nevertheless capable of theosis (becoming divinized) through a combination of God's grace and human's prayerful effort. ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 22:55, 14 May 2020
- Ambigua. This emphasis on divinization or theosis helped secure Maximus' ... be seen as a corollary of the emphasis on theosis. In terms of salvation, ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- Original sin is a Christian doctrine describing the first human act of disobedience, as well as the ongoing fallen state of humanity bound in ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 02:15, 18 November 2022
- points in Jesus' life as the occasion of his theosis: His baptism or his resurrection. By tying the person of Jesus to an initially human referent ...19 KB (2,965 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- on the Eastern Orthodox teaching regarding theosis or "divinization." ====Biblical Interpretation==== This apophatic, mystical perspective ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- of the process of deification (theosis), which leads to a spiritual elevation and mystical union with God. McGuckin, 121. Appalled at being pilloried ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 17:26, 17 February 2023
- but instead are concerned with attaining theosis], or union with God. However, caring for the poor and the needy have always been an obligation ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
